Master of the Rottweiler High Altar

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The master of the Rottweiler high altar (or sometimes Rottweiler master ) is a Gothic painter from the middle of the 15th century whose name is unknown . It got its emergency name after the pictures he created, which presumably come from the former high altar in the Heilig-Kreuz-Münster in Rottweil . He probably worked in the Lake Constance area, maybe he had his own workshop in Rottweil.

identification

It has been suggested several times to recognize the style of Konrad Witz in the work of the master of the Rottweiler high altar , which probably came from Rottweil. However, this opinion has hardly prevailed, not only because the painting style of the master shows its own individuality, but also because Witz can be traced back to Basel in 1434 and the Rottweiler Altar was created in the period after that.

Works (selection)

  • Series of panels (fragments) of the former high altar of the Heilig-Kreuz-Minster in Rottweil, around 1440, seven panels have been preserved, including
    • The Adoration of the Magi , Württembergisches Landesmuseum, on loan from the Museum of the City of Rottweil
    • Mercy Seat (God the Father with the body of Christ) , Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe [1]
    • The martyrdom of St. Ursula , Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart
    • The veneration (the monstrance) by angels , Rottweil, Heilig-Kreuz-Münster
    • Martyrdom of Achatius and the 10,000 , Diözesanmuseum Rottenburg

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The two fragments Mercy Seat and Adoration by Angels were together one image before they were separated

literature

  • Rottweil City Archives (ed.): Reunited. The panels from the Gothic high altar of the Rottweiler Minster . Booklet accompanying the special exhibition Rottweil 2000. (Series "Small writings of the Rottweil City Archives" 'Volume 7). Rottweil 2000
  • A. Moraht-Fromm: Mercy Seat (God the Father with the corpse) . Image description (short text). Nimbus online catalog. State Art Gallery Karlsruhe (accessed April 2010)
  • G. Rommel: Sources and research on Southwest German and Swiss art history in the XV. and XVI. Century (Volume 3 Upper Rhine). Stuttgart, 1938
  • B. Lorenz, M. Heberle: Two rediscovered panels of the former high altar from the Heilig-Kreuz-Münster in Rottweil . in: A. Moraht-Fromm, G. Weilandt (Hrsg.): Under the magnifying glass. New research on sculpture and painting of the High and Late Middle Ages. Ulm 2000

Web links

  • Pictures of the Rottweiler master at Landeskunde online www.zum.de
    • Martyrdom of Saint Ursula [2]
    • Adoration of the Magi [3]
    • Mercy Seat [4]
    • The worship of the monstrance by angels [5]